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Seeing double in Nigeria’s ‘twins capital of the world

On a normal day a visitor might pass Igbo-Ora with little more than a double take, wondering why so many pairs of residents wear matching clothes.

But this weekend left nobody doubting what makes the town in southwest Nigeria special.

With fanfare, pageantry, talent shows and even a royal visit, hundreds of people gathered in the self-proclaimed “twins capital of the world” to celebrate its unusually high rate of multiple births.

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